Wood Brothers looking for a driver: The Announcement that Trevor
Bayne will join the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series full time in 2015 with
Roush Fenway Racing raises at least one interesting question: Who will
the Wood Brothers tap to fill Bayne's part-time #21 Sprint Cup seat?
Team co-owner Eddie Wood, speaking in the Charlotte Motor Speedway
garage on Saturday afternoon, indicated the team hasn't begun a formal
search for Bayne's replacement, but added that -- whoever the driver is
--?? he will likely run a limited schedule as the Wood Brothers have
done since 2007. "(The search) has just kind of started," Wood, who
co-owns the organization with father Glen, brother Len and sister Kim,
told FOXSports.com. "We'll probably start talking about it sooner than
later. I've got to get with Motorcraft, Quick Lane and Ford Motor
Company because there's a lot of people involved in our world, so we'll
sit down with them and figure out what they want to do next. So we're
like, you know, Day One." While the Wood Brothers don't know yet who
Bayne's successor will be, this much is certain: The team, which has
been in racing since 1950 and collected 98 top series NASCAR victories
with a host of drivers, isn't going away. "No, no, no," Wood said.
"We've had, I think, over 75 drivers in our car over the years. You move
through racing as you move through life, and, no, no, we won't do
that."(FoxSports)(5-25-2014)
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